Scintillating Ember Eyes || Tk

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•Chapter fifty•

You're back? 

Taehyung mindlessly handed Chaewon to the guard, passing him a stern look that warned the guard to not do anything to his daughter. 

He looked back in front and just stood still for a second, taking a while to search out all the little memories he even had about his Namjoon hyung. 

There were very few. 

All the memories he had were faded. 

That's exactly why his heart squeezed when Namjoon's eyes remained cold as he looked at him. He didn't recognize him; his eyes were dark brown at the moment so he didn't understand who it was. 

His scent would've changed too, and Namjoon must've forgotten what he smelt like when he was a child. 

Right at that moment, he was a complete stranger to his own brother. The thought hurt much more than it should, considering that they weren't in touch for so long. 

things would be different if Namjoon had been here, right? He would've been much happier with both his brothers by his side as he grew up. He needed both of them with him because they were all he had back then. 

Why did he leave in the first place? 

Namjoon loved him much more than anyone else, then what caused him to part from the person he was closest to? 

Until now, Taehyung never felt mad at Namjoon for leaving. 

But seeing him here again made him upset and overwhelmed with happiness. His heart hurt more because he knew he had somewhere deep down concluded that he wasn't going to meet Namjoon again and they had parted for good. 

Somewhere deep down he had started thinking he had just one brother because he didn't even remember his other brother. 

Why didn't he come to meet them if he really did need to stay away from them? Why did he not send letters? Why did he not come when Taehyung wanted him so much? 

Taehyung was glaring at Namjoon now. The tall and buff alpha just looked back with the same cold face, but all of it changed when Taehyung's eyes turned ember. 

Namjoon's arms that were folded before his chest went down to his sides, and his lips fell apart. 

There wasn't much emotion, but what was there now was much more than what there was before. 

Taehyung fisted his hand, clenching his jaw. He continued to glare at Namjoon, looking incredibly close to running to him and punching him so hard that he falls to the ground. 

He didn't manage to do that. His angel was whining and grabbing his shirt near his collar, probably not liking the guard's rough hands. 

Taehyung didn't look at Chaewon and did neither did Namjoon look anywhere away from those beautiful eyes he missed so damn much. He was slightly surprised that they had been brown because when he was here, they had been ember the majority of the time and turned brown only when he was very calm. 

Those eyes reminded Namjoon of so many things. 

It reminded him of his mother, the one he knew much more than his brothers. It reminded him of the time that he spent with his brothers after their parents' death. 

Unconsciously, he took steps forward, eyes turning so so much softer after he acknowledged the rage that his baby brother's eyes held. His shoulders brushed past the beta king of the Kim kingdom, Seokjin.